Analysts Of America

What have we learned from our first group of profiles? To put it succinctly - community, simplicity and variety. #Data4good #dataforgood @analystsofamerica/early-lessons-from-10-aofa-interviews-543855501b1b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@analystsofame…

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Data analysts take note. The overwhelming success of deep learning proves that with the right algorithm, a pre-cleaned data set and as little as 20 million dollars worth of compute, anything is possible.

This is brilliant.

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@hmason Nicely played.

For Chief Data Officers: Do you want to be a CIO or a CEO when you grow up?

It's almost tech company holiday party time! Every year I arm myself with a few questions guaranteed to spark at least 20 minutes of lively conversation (sometimes so I can introvert out the back door). What are your favorites? Some of mine...

Recos from our chat with @CodeForBuffalo brigade captain @mpbrown716 On tech + urban future - The Smart Enough City by @benzevgreen On the threats of data use - Weapons of Math Destruction by @mathbabedotorg For criminal legal system system accountability - @CourtWatchNYC

Data, climate solutions and imaginal cells (didn’t know what those were either...every day’s a school day) with @juliekae @matthewtgardner Michael Ibach and Fahmida Ahmed Bangert @ChurchillClub #data4good #ClimateActionNow

@mpbrown716 @EricJAst Thank you, Mike! It was a real pleasure to sit down and hear your perspectives.

Thanks to @AnalystsAmerica for this great profile! @EricJAst visited 12 cities in 12 months to profile mission-driven data work. Glad he visited #Buffalo to chat about #civictech, #data, and #design and where the field's future should go. Definitely check out the entire project!

@banesullivan @dataandpolitics If they’re solving interesting / meaningful problems maybe this is an opportunity to “show them the light”?

@dataandpolitics When the interviewers talk about their awesome Excel spreadsheets as a data analysis and management tool. 🏃🚩 #python #datascience

There may come a day when we reflexively believe everybody younger than us is rotten. Thankfully that day has not yet come, so we get to appreciate what @mpbrown716 is up to captaining @CodeForBuffalo & tempering data-first with human-centered design. analystsofamerica.org/mike-brown

@tdawry Nicely played.

There is a rule that in #DataScience there are really only three difficult problems: 1) naming things 2) counting things

Use the extra energy you have from stolen / withheld halloween candy to check out the fantastic @CityofMiami Resident Satisfaction Dashboard. Big thanks to @_Cheriene for taking the time to share her experience and crew's work for the residents of #Miami dashboards.mysidewalk.com/miami-fl-resid…

@_Cheriene @DENPeakAcademy @patricklencioni @BreneBrown Strong theme!

@AnalystsAmerica @DENPeakAcademy @patricklencioni @BreneBrown Realizing a central theme for all three --- incremental improvement, starting with yourself. Thanks for the reminder!

Recommendations on leadership and organizational performance from our chat with Miami Strategic Planning & Performance Mgr @_Cheriene On @DENPeakAcademy - Peak Performance by Brian Elms On org health- The Advantage by @patricklencioni On leadership- Dare to Lead by @BreneBrown

Our friends are better people than we are, so this checks out mathematically and observationally. Very much enjoyed this piece from @AllenDowney on the inspection paradox. towardsdatascience.com/the-inspection…

What happens to 311 calls? If you're lucky, great people with data skills use them to improve services. We think that makes folks in #miamifl pretty lucky. We talked patience+ performance w/ @_Cheriene, Strategic Planning+ Performance Mgr, City of #Miami analystsofamerica.org/Cheriene-Floyd

It's easy to get discouraged doing data work in the mission-driven sphere, but a little reminder from @RandyBeanNVP that has given us comfort: This work is hard everywhere. hbr.org/2019/02/compan…

Maybe we're unfailing optimists, but this looks like a positive sign (in the short term, at least). More firms know what they didn't know, so they are both improving AND feeling worse about where they stand. Seems like necessary / healthy growing pains?

@ChrisBrunton3 You’re doing great stuff and thinking deeply about the craft. Was our pleasure!

Five bucks you won't find a data conversation with a better reference to Carl Jung's "Modern Man in Search of a Soul" today. Thank you @ChrisBrunton3 for taking the time to chat Peter Principle and transitioning from English major to analyst with us. analystsofamerica.org/chris-brunton

Recommendations from our chat with English major to benefits and health care analyst @ChrisBrunton3 On staying sharp with Machine Learning & AI across sectors: @twimlai with @samcharrington For great analytic learning opportunities: @StanfordOnline